From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market11 Jan 2027
Baran Sarka hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Hatayspor can pretend not to have heard.
Match9 Jan 2027
7 matches without a win for Hatayspor
The run now stands at 7, and the questions being asked around Hatayspor are no longer polite ones.
Market11 Jan 2027
Alanyaspor come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Hatayspor did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market11 Jan 2027
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Hatayspor is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Yevhen Cheberko was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad11 Jan 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Gonzalo Burgoa, and the manager let it.
Player ratings11 Jan 2027
Successful dribbles: 16. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market11 Jan 2027
Engin Aksoy is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Hatayspor has been clear about where Engin Aksoy stands, which is more than many ever get.
Player ratings11 Jan 2027
Defensive actions: 15, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
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Match2 Jan 2027
Nowhere to hide for Hatayspor
0‑3 against Gaziantep, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.
Match2 Jan 2027
No end in sight to Hatayspor's wait for a win
6 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Hatayspor has to find a result from somewhere.
Market4 Jan 2027
Taylan Özgün hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Hatayspor can pretend not to have heard.
Market4 Jan 2027
Add another name to the list: Alanyaspor have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Chandrel Massanga. The answer from Hatayspor has not changed — yet.
Player ratings4 Jan 2027
Successful dribbles: 23. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad4 Jan 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Hatayspor this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad4 Jan 2027
The manager makes an example of Tarık Çetin
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Boardroom4 Jan 2027
Nobody left the Hatayspor dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
Market4 Jan 2027
Hakan Çinemre is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Hatayspor has been clear about where Hakan Çinemre stands, which is more than many ever get.
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Crisis
Match28 Dec 2026
Every point is an argument now for Hatayspor
Position 18 and 11 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.
Market28 Dec 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Hatayspor can pretend not to have heard.
Match26 Dec 2026
No end in sight to Hatayspor's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Hatayspor has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad28 Dec 2026
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Nicolás Álvarez was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Match26 Dec 2026
Beaten 1‑3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Player ratings28 Dec 2026
A performance of 8.87 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad28 Dec 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Yevhen Cheberko, and the manager let it.
Boardroom28 Dec 2026
129% of the income goes out in wages at Hatayspor
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
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Crisis
Player ratings21 Dec 2026
Successful dribbles: 29. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market21 Dec 2026
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Hatayspor, and it is not being withdrawn.
Match19 Dec 2026
The wait goes on for Hatayspor
4 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad21 Dec 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Hatayspor this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match19 Dec 2026
Beaten 3‑4, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Player ratings21 Dec 2026
Marked 8.26 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Player ratings21 Dec 2026
A performance of 8.03 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Whether it was the goalkeeper or the ten in front of him is the argument that will fill every conversation in town this week. 2 saves does not settle it either way.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Baran Sarka knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Hatayspor, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Uneasy
Market14 Dec 2026
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Hatayspor, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad14 Dec 2026
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Nicolás Álvarez was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Player ratings14 Dec 2026
Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match12 Dec 2026
It needed Braian Vargas to find the net to bring anything home at all: 2‑2 against Sivasspor, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.
Squad14 Dec 2026
The manager makes an example of Luan Borges
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
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Uneasy
Market7 Dec 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad7 Dec 2026
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Hatayspor may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Player ratings7 Dec 2026
Successful dribbles: 22. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Tarık Çetin in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Hatayspor this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings7 Dec 2026
Defensive actions: 21. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Squad7 Dec 2026
The manager makes an example of Braian Vargas
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Player ratings7 Dec 2026
A mark of 7.78, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.
Player ratings7 Dec 2026
Defensive actions: 14, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Match5 Dec 2026
Point won or two lost for Hatayspor?
Ninety minutes, no goals, and the argument started before the car park emptied: a point gained, or two thrown away against Umraniyespor? Both sides of it will still be going on Thursday.
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Uneasy
Match30 Nov 2026
Hatayspor are in real trouble now
Position 18, 9 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Hakan Çinemre: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Hatayspor have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Yevhen Cheberko was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom30 Nov 2026
145% of the income goes out in wages at Hatayspor
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Squad30 Nov 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Player ratings30 Nov 2026
A performance of 8.15 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Player ratings30 Nov 2026
A performance of 8.08 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad30 Nov 2026
85 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Match28 Nov 2026
A 2‑2 draw with Alanyaspor leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
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Uneasy
Squad23 Nov 2026
A one-man rearguard from Tarık Çetin
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market23 Nov 2026
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Hatayspor, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad23 Nov 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Hatayspor this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings23 Nov 2026
A performance of 9.19 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Match21 Nov 2026
Antalyaspor made Hatayspor work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Player ratings23 Nov 2026
Marked 8.00 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Squad23 Nov 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Muhammed Gönülaçar, and the manager let it.
Player ratings23 Nov 2026
Successful dribbles: 14. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Tarık Çetin knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Hatayspor, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Crisis
Match14 Nov 2026
Fenerbahce ended it 0‑1. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.
Match14 Nov 2026
6 matches without a win for Hatayspor
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Hatayspor are no longer polite ones.
Market16 Nov 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Hatayspor can pretend not to have heard.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Yevhen Cheberko was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Tarık Çetin gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
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Crisis
Market9 Nov 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Hatayspor can pretend not to have heard.
Match7 Nov 2026
4 matches without a win for Hatayspor
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Hatayspor are no longer polite ones.
Squad9 Nov 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Hatayspor this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match7 Nov 2026
Beaten 3‑4, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Player ratings9 Nov 2026
Successful dribbles: 21. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings9 Nov 2026
A performance of 8.41 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Player ratings9 Nov 2026
Marked 8.01 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Player ratings9 Nov 2026
Marked 8.03 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Squad9 Nov 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Recep Burak Yılmaz, and the manager let it.
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Crisis
Match2 Nov 2026
Hatayspor are in real trouble now
Position 19, 5 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Nicolás Álvarez was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom2 Nov 2026
145% of the income goes out in wages at Hatayspor
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Player ratings2 Nov 2026
Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad2 Nov 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match31 Oct 2026
0‑1 to Trabzonspor, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
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Uneasy
Market26 Oct 2026
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Hatayspor, and it is not being withdrawn.
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 25 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
Successful dribbles: 22. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad26 Oct 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Hatayspor this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad26 Oct 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Muhammed Gönülaçar, and the manager let it.
Match24 Oct 2026
Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Ankaragucu came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.
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Crisis
Player ratings19 Oct 2026
Successful dribbles: 27. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market19 Oct 2026
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Hatayspor, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Tarık Çetin was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad19 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Tarık Çetin
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match17 Oct 2026
Konyaspor left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad19 Oct 2026
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Hatayspor, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Uneasy
Market12 Oct 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Hatayspor can pretend not to have heard.
Squad12 Oct 2026
A one-man rearguard from Tarık Çetin
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad12 Oct 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Hatayspor this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match10 Oct 2026
It finished 2‑1, and it was Braian Vargas’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Hatayspor.
Player ratings12 Oct 2026
Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Player ratings12 Oct 2026
A performance of 8.08 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
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Crisis
Match3 Oct 2026
The wait goes on for Hatayspor
8 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Market5 Oct 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Hatayspor can pretend not to have heard.
Squad5 Oct 2026
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Hatayspor may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad5 Oct 2026
“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Hatayspor are dealing with a man who wants a different country.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Yevhen Cheberko was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Match3 Oct 2026
1‑2 to Adana Demirspor, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Boardroom5 Oct 2026
213% of the income goes out in wages at Hatayspor
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Player ratings5 Oct 2026
Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad5 Oct 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match26 Sep 2026
No end in sight to Hatayspor's wait for a win
7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Hatayspor has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad28 Sep 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Hatayspor this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match26 Sep 2026
Fatih Karagumruk left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad28 Sep 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 13. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
Marked 4.83, and generously at that. Nothing came off, and by the end the crowd had stopped expecting it to.
Squad28 Sep 2026
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Hatayspor, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
Shots: 7, not one of them in. A centre forward is paid for one thing, and on this evidence he has forgotten which thing it is.
Squad28 Sep 2026
At 28 he is in the side on merit and somebody else is watching from the bench. Places at Hatayspor are won quietly and lost loudly.
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Uneasy
Squad21 Sep 2026
Tarık Çetin decides it from twelve yards
2 kept out in the shoot-out, and a stadium that will still be describing them in twenty years. A goalkeeper only needs one of these to be remembered forever.
Match16 Sep 2026
Hatayspor march on in the cup
Istanbulspor are out and Hatayspor go through, 0‑0 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.
Match16 Sep 2026
No end in sight to Hatayspor's wait for a win
6 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Hatayspor has to find a result from somewhere.
Market21 Sep 2026
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Hatayspor, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Nicolás Álvarez was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 18 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 17. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 17 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
The kick that got away from Prince Ating
Twelve yards, a goalkeeper guessing, and it still did not go in. He will take the next one, and every soul in the ground will hold their breath.
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Crisis
Market14 Sep 2026
Cenk Doğan hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Hatayspor can pretend not to have heard.
Match12 Sep 2026
No end in sight to Hatayspor's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Hatayspor has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad14 Sep 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Hatayspor this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match12 Sep 2026
Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad14 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Nicolás Álvarez
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 14. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad14 Sep 2026
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Hatayspor, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad14 Sep 2026
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
A mark of 5.50 tells the story without any need for embellishment. He will want the tape of this one quietly lost.
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Crisis
Squad7 Sep 2026
A one-man rearguard from Tarık Çetin
There were 8 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market7 Sep 2026
Taylan Özgün hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Hatayspor can pretend not to have heard.
Match5 Sep 2026
4 matches without a win for Hatayspor
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Hatayspor are no longer polite ones.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Nicolás Álvarez was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Wages eat 172% of everything Hatayspor earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Match5 Sep 2026
0‑2 to Galatasaray, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad7 Sep 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Tarık Çetin, and the manager let it.
Market7 Sep 2026
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Yevhen Cheberko asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Uneasy
Market31 Aug 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Hatayspor can pretend not to have heard.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Recep Burak Yılmaz was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad31 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Demir Sarıcalı
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Defensive actions: 17, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
A mark of 7.68, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 14. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market31 Aug 2026
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Demir Sarıcalı may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
Match29 Aug 2026
Point won or two lost for Hatayspor?
Ninety minutes, no goals, and the argument started before the car park emptied: a point gained, or two thrown away against Kayserispor? Both sides of it will still be going on Thursday.
Squad31 Aug 2026
A first senior shirt for Ali Yıldız
Every debut is a small story about the future: Ali Yıldız, 19 years old, off the academy pitches and into the first team. The parents in the stand will keep the programme.
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Crisis
Market24 Aug 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Hatayspor can pretend not to have heard.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Yevhen Cheberko was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad24 Aug 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match22 Aug 2026
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
5.30 on the card. Some afternoons a footballer looks like a man who has only just been introduced to the game, and this was one of them.
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Crisis
Market17 Aug 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad17 Aug 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Hatayspor this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad17 Aug 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Chandrel Massanga, and the manager let it.
Match15 Aug 2026
0‑1 to Basaksehir, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 16. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market17 Aug 2026
Ufuk Demiral is 16, and Hatayspor have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Market17 Aug 2026
He is 16, and nobody at Hatayspor signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
The one thing Prince Ating could not do
Shots: 9, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.
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Steady
Market10 Aug 2026
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Hatayspor, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market10 Aug 2026
The name of Chandrel Massanga has come up in conversations Hatayspor were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Ünal Durmuşhan and Hatayspor agree another 4 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Hatayspor this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market10 Aug 2026
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Market10 Aug 2026
No place for Cenk Doğan in the plan
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Cenk Doğan has his answer from Hatayspor; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
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Steady
Market3 Aug 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Funsho Bamgboye and Hatayspor agree another 3 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Hatayspor this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market3 Aug 2026
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Market3 Aug 2026
The clock runs on Demir Sarıcalı's contract
49 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.